Newsroom Stories

The Latin American Studies program in Arts & Sciences is sponsoring the 2008 South by Midwest two-day conference called “Rethinking Intellectuals in Latin America.”

School of Medicine scientists have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn’s disease, a prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder.

School of Medicine researchers report new findings on what is responsible for changing the electrical properties of the heart.

The Campus Y’s annual Safe Trick-or-Treat will be held from 1-3 p.m. Nov. 1 in the South 40, and faculty and staff are invited to bring their children.

The annual health open enrollment period for the health- or dental-only plans, the health- and child-care flex spending plans, the Health Savings Account (HSA) and the Retirement Medical Savings Account (RMSA) will be from Nov. 1-30.

Photo by Robert BostonJacques Baenziger, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anatomic and molecular pathology and of cell biology and physiology, seems to be hooked on trying new things. That’s why he studies glycobiology, a field that is rife with novelty and uncertainty but also deep with potential for new insights.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses the WUSTL community on the importance of Proposition M.

Beginning this fall, the School of Engineering and Applied Science will no longer admit students for the bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and will not seek re-accreditation for the program when it expires in September 2013.

Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Ph.D., Peter Benson, Ph.D., Pamela Jakiela, Ph.D., John Klein, Ph.D., Robert F. Krueger, Ph.D., Claire Solomon, Ph.D., Roy Sorensen, Ph.D., and Margit Tavits, Ph.D.

The Alumni Association will commemorate Washington University’s founding at the annual Founders Day ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the America’s Center.